Press Releases

HIV/AIDS activist Zackie Achmat receives 2024 James and Sarah Fries Prize for Improving Health.

The CDC Foundation announces new Workforce Acceleration Initiative.

CDC Foundation Promotes Alison Moran Thompson to Chief Advancement Officer

The CDC Foundation releases new episode of its Contagious Conversations podcast which provides a behind the scenes look at the measles outbreak investigation and examines the economic impact of disease on our nation's economy.

Zackie Achmat and Reed V. Tuckson selected as recipients for the CDC Foundation Fries Awards for Health.

For the 18th consecutive year, the CDC Foundation has achieved a 4-star rating by Charity Navigator.

Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, receives the 2024 Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award.

The CDC Foundation launches scholarship fund for descendants of Black men in the Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee.

CDC Foundation’s Live to the Beat campaign is launching a “Heart2Heart Challenge” to encourage Black women to give themselves permission to prioritize self-care for their own heart health.

Nobel Prize Winner Katalin Karikó, PhD, and former CDC Principal Deputy Director Anne Schuchat, MD (RADM, USPHS, RET), received the 2023 Fries Prize for Improving Health.